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`Sanction fresh loans to ryots'

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUCHI, NOV.4. The Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam has urged the Centre and the State Government to sanction fresh loans to farmers for taking up farming activity.

In a resolution adopted at its State executive committee meeting held here recently, it recalled that the Centre had announced an increase in flow of farm credit through banks, exceeding the achievement registered during the last financial year by 30 per cent, and the State Government had announced a special loan package of about Rs. 1,000 crores.

But banks were sanctioning loans only to those who had completely repaid their dues. They did not grant loans to those farmers, whose loans had been deferred.

The sangam urged the Centre and the State Government to write off overdues and sanction fresh loans.

Otherwise, it would launch an agitation all over the State, a resolution said.

By another resolution, it urged the Centre to enable Tamil Nadu get its due share of Cauvery water from Karnataka.

The Karnataka Government should be asked to protect the riparian rights of Tamil Nadu farmers by honouring the interim award of the tribunal. The State Government also should take action for implementation of the tribunal's award. Another resolution wanted drought relief for drought-hit farmers.

Mango cultivators in Dharmapuri and Salem districts, and coconut growers in a number of districts had been hit hard due to successive drought, the resolution said seeking adequate relief to the affected farmers.

The State president of the Sangam, S. Gunasekaran, presided. The State secretary, V. Duraimanickam, the Tiruchi district president, Sivasooriyan, spoke.

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